We are up for this challenge again this year. We love to code. Click start to begin writing your lines of code.
We celebrated "Computer Science Education Week." The week was declared to bring computer science into schools and promote student interest in coding. The Magic of Threes wrote over 2000 lines of code. I see some future programmers in this class. Click here to be linked to the challenges we worked on in class. The students had to solve puzzles to program characters through mazes. While they thought they were "playing" they were programming with loops, conditionals, and algorithms. Students used logic and problem solving skills. The challenges also tested their persistence and "I can" attitude. As the students moved up in levels, the students received video tutorials by gifted computer scientists in the field like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Thank you to our Eagle Cliffs tech, Mr. Carter, for coming in and helping us! We loved having our resident expert inside our classroom.
In addition to using code.org we also did some unplugged coding that went with our Candy Land theme. I love watching the students think through coding challenges.
The "Hour of Code" just kicked off our computer science work. We will continue coding in the new year. I have lots of fun challenges in store including our Osmo coding blocks and introducing the students to our classroom robots Dash and Dot. Stay tuned!
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